Concert in the Virgin Islands is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1965.[1] The album features studio recordings that Ellington with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler composed after he and his orchestra played concerts on St. Croix and St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands in April, 1965. This album includes the four-part Virgin Islands Suite, as well as numbers played at the concerts on the islands.[2]
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Track listing
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- All compositions by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn except as indicated
- "Island Virgin" - 4:08
- "Virgin Jungle" - 3:45
- "Fiddler on the Diddle" - 3:13
- "Jungle Kitty" - 3:00
- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 2:56
- "Big Fat Alice's Blues" - 3:58
- "Chelsea Bridge" (Strayhorn) - 3:46
- "The Opener" - 2:50
- "Mysterious Chick" - 3:15
- "Barefoot Stomper" - 2:52
- "Fade Up" (Jimmy Hamilton) - 3:31
- Recorded at Fine Studios, New York on March 4, 1965 (tracks 7, 8 & 11), March 17, 1965 (tracks 4 & 5), and April 14, 1965 (tracks 1-3, 6, 9 & 10).
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